Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

HINTON, Iowa (AP) — Two people have been seriously injured in a northwest Iowa grain elevator explosion. The Sioux City Journal reports the explosion occurred just after 1 p.m. Thursday at Central Valley Ag in Hinton. Plymouth County Sheriff Mike Van Otterloo says two people were taken to a Sioux City hospital in serious condition.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Legislative leaders say new state revenue projections have adjusted how much they can legally spend for the upcoming fiscal year, and it will mean less money than what was budgeted by Governor Terry Branstad and Senate Democrats. The Republican-majority House released figures Thursday that calculate lawmakers cannot spend more than roughly $7.35 billion for the fiscal year that begins in July.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — A Johnston woman is leading an effort to rename a school building in honor of a local soldier who died while serving in the Middle East. The Des Moines Register reports that Elizabeth Van Gundy has launched an online petition asking the district to rename a building in honor of U.S. Army Captain Daniel Whitten, who was killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A former police chief in southeast Iowa has been acquitted of a domestic abuse assault charge. The Fort Madison Daily Democrat reports that a jury on Wednesday found 32-year-old William Sackett, the former Donnellson police chief, not guilty after he was arrested in May 2015 for allegedly assaulting his wife.